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bowling

[boh-ling] / ˈboʊ lɪŋ /


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Formal dining rooms are out; bowling alleys, margarita machines and waterslides are in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The sacred silence of formal dining rooms is being drowned out by bowling alleys and frozen-margarita machines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

But all-rounder Wiaan Mulder also played a crucial hand, bowling with accuracy and finding movement off the pitch to dismiss Head, Boland and Australia captain Pat Cummins.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Nevertheless, the bowling was awful, particularly Sam Curran, who conceded 103 from nine overs to return the worst figures by an England bowler in an ODI.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

We’ve gone for ice cream, gone to the movies, bought groceries, and gone bowling.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty


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